Catamenial sack and womb-supporter



(No Model.)

S. BEACH.

GATAMENIAL SACK AND WOMB SUPPORTER.

Patented Mar. 1, 1898.

[WI/WIFE.

UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SETH BEACH, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

CATAMENIAL SACK AND WOMB-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 599,955, dated March 1,1898.

Application filed May 12, 1897. Serial No. 636,164. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SETH BEACH, of Toledo, county of Lucas, and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CatamenialSacks and Womb-Supporters; and I do declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompa nying drawings, and to thenumerals of reference marked thereon, which form part of thisspecification. v I

My invention relates to a catamenial sack and womb-supporter, and hasfor its object to provide a sack or receptacle of resilient material,the mouth thereof to be in contact with the mouth of the womb and toreceive the secretions of the female organs. The

formation of the mouth portion and the body.

portion of the sack will effectually prevent any outflow therefrom andoffer no impediments to the inflow of the secretions as the wearer ofthe sack assumes any attitude.

A further object is to reinforce the circular mouth portions of the sackto act as a support for the womb by pressure of the less re silientmouthpiece against the walls of the vagina.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevationconstructed in accordance withmy invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section showing the reinforced ringof the inverted conical mouthpiece and the sack. Fig. 3 is a plan eleva-7 of the mouthpiece 8. The ring 7 is of larger diameter, whereby thecontraction of the ring 5 of the throat portion 3 secures the sack 1 tothe mouthpiece 8. The ring 7 possesses less resiliency and is of largerdiameter than the ring 5, whereby it Will expand against the walls ofthe vagina and support the womb.

Integral with the ring 7, supporting the womb, is an inverted conicalmouthpiece 9, having slits or other openings 10 in the apex thereof forthe inflow of the secretions. The slit-s upon the apex form a pluralityof angular portions 11, which close the apertures 12. As the wearerassumes a lying attitude the upper wall 13 of the conical throat willfall over the conical mouthpiece and close the angular portions 11, asshown in dotted lines, Fig. 2, the secretions flowing into the annularspace 14, between the conical mouth portion and the throat portion'ofthe sack. The pendent sack 1 is supported from the body of the wearer bysuitable means.

What I claim is In a catamenial sack and womb-supporter, a resilientpendent sack, a neck, a throat, a ring upon the inner surface at themouth of the throat and integral therewith, engaging an annular grooveformed upon a less resilient ring of the mouthpiece, whereby the sack issecured to the mouthpiece, an inverted conical mouth portion integralwith the larger ring, and a plurality of slits upon the apex of theinverted conical portion, whereby there is formed a plurality ofcoacting valves integral with the mouthpiece.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I hereby affix mysignature in presence of two Witnesses.

SETH BEACH.

W'itnesses:

H. H. MARTIN, MAUD SoHUMAcHER.

